[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] allowed, &c. ^ Vol. i. 315. 480 HISTORY OF THE very ample testimonials to he the society's missionary at Philips-borough, with a salary of £30 per annum. June 8th, 1765, Mr. Munro himself, writes, "that on his ar-rival at his mission, he found everything promising and agreea-ble, a neat church (always kept in good repair by Col. Frederick Philipse and family) and a decent congregation, materials al-ready for a parsonage, the glebe well fenced, plenty of wood, and a sufficient quantity of arable land. In 1771, the Rev. Luke Babcock was recommended by the clergy of New York, "being lately ordained by the bishop of London, as a proper person for a missionary. And Colonel Philipse having requested that the mission of Philipsborough formerly filled by the Rev. Harry Munro, should be renewed; and the Colonel having made a proper provision for the mainten-ance of a minister, with the assistance of the society, they have accordingly appointed the Rev. Luke Babcock to the mis-sion with a salary of £30. The youngest son of Doctor Joshua Babcock, of Westerly Narragansett (observes Mr. Updike) was the Rev. Luke, "an Episcopal clergyman at Philips's Manor, on the Hudson, where he died, leaving a wife and several children. Hawkins, in his historical notices of the missions of the Church of England, says: "another victim of ill treatment already mentioned, was